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At automaker dinners, you’ll often find designers scribbling on their napkins. To design is their compulsion, and if you ask them to sketch a car, they sure as hell won’t draw a Pinto. Invariably these sketches lean swoopy and sleek, even though in their day jobs, designers are most likely…

You've probably never heard the name "Calty."  But walk through any crowded parking lot in America, and you'll see a dozen or more cars penned by the US design studio—you just don't know it.

Long before Dieselgate, draconian emissions regulations, and aggressive cost-cutting, Volkswagen had an era of impressive engineering. During the ruthless leadership of Ferdinand Piëch, there were no limits to what the engineers could cram under the hood. The VW Group experimented with everything, including W-8 and W-12 sedans as well as…

Better late than never—the Valhalla is almost ready for prime time. It’s hard to believe it's been six years since Aston Martin showed the AM-RB 003 concept. Before the Gaydon-based marque hits the start button on production in the second quarter of the year, the “baby” Valkyrie undergoes final validation…